How to update two tables in one statement in SQL Server 2005?

Question

I want to update two tables in one go. How do I do that in SQL Server 2005?

UPDATE 
  Table1, 
  Table2
SET 
  Table1.LastName=\'DR. XXXXXX\', 
  Table2.WApr         


        

Answer 1

You can't update two tables at once, but you can link an update into an insert using OUTPUT INTO, and you can use this output as a join for the second update:

DECLARE @ids TABLE (id int);
BEGIN TRANSACTION

UPDATE Table1 
SET Table1.LastName = 'DR. XXXXXX'  
OUTPUT INSERTED.id INTO @ids
WHERE Table1.field = '010008';

UPDATE Table2 
SET Table2.WAprrs = 'start,stop' 
FROM Table2 
JOIN @ids i on i.id = Table2.id;

COMMIT;

I changed your example WHERE condition to be some other field than id. If it's id the you don't need this fancy OUTPUT, you can just UPDATE the second table for the same id='010008'.